Xander ,'Sleeper'
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I like Constantine and own the video which I got for all of 4.95
My SIL msg'd me tonight and said my brother finally watched it tonight and thinks I'll like it. I usually trust his judgment enough to give something a try (firefly comes to mind...) I may get it from Netflix.
It's a way better than average comic book movie.
Keanu is not who I would've cast for Constantine. And I don't think he gets the character. But the character he does play is perfectly credible.
The effects are fantastic, the performances are good, the suspense is there. None of it is laughable. It's a well told story.
But the character he does play is perfectly credible.
I tried to discard my expectations, but I found him laughably wooden. Maybe there are people like that, but I wouldn't give them 90 minutes of my time.
but I found him laughably wooden
Did you really laugh?
I laugh at Chevalier Danceney's "It was sublime, don't you find?" no matter how many times I watch Dangerous Liaisons.
Keanu is the little wooden boy.
Did you really laugh?
It was a wry laugh, and it was a laugh at myself for expecting much else (I swear, The Matrix made me forget so much...but it was just a better match for him).
Maybe the Wachowskis did thousands of takes. I still cringe at "I'll give you the finger and you give me my phone call" but the rest of the movie he's pretty tolerable. I can't imagine how much better Neo might have been had Brad Pitt accepted the role but then we wouldn't have his Tyler Durden.
The Matrix and Speed were the only two films I can think of where I actually enjoyed watching Keanu be Keanu, but in action mode.
Maybe the Wachowskis did thousands of takes. I still cringe at "I'll give you the finger and you give me my phone call" but the rest of the movie he's pretty tolerable.
Laga is me
The Matrix and Speed were the only two films I can think of where I actually enjoyed watching Keanu be Keanu, but in action mode
The first time I watched Speed was during a school trip on a chartered Greyhound Bus. The watching-while-riding experience was awesome. At one point we pulled over at a rest stop, I hadn't noticed and I had a knee-jerk type reaction when the bus stopped. Great combo.
Keanu is OK when he does not talk. He should play nothing but mutes. Or people who speak imaginary languages. It would have been an OK junk movie if Keanu had not kept speaking. He can't deliver a line decently.